Beaming apparatus



June 8, 1948. su s 2,443,014

BEAMING APPARATUS Filed Nov. 15, 1946 SSfiets-Sheet 1 FICRL I N VEN TOR:

June 8, 1948. T. F. suees BEAMING APPARATUS Filed Nov. 13, 1946 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 W1 TNESSES I N V EN TOR- T/wmasZSz/ggs, BY Gal/d A TTORN E YS 2/ 7&4; @ma

T. F. suees 2, 43,014

BEAMING APPARATUS Filed Nov. 13, 1946 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR: 7/20/7708 Szzygs,

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Patented June 8, 1948 Thomas. F. Suggs, Gastonia,- N. 0., assignor to Cooker Machine and Foundry Gompany Gastonia, N. 0., a corporation of North Carolina ApplicationNovember 13, 1946, Serial NOS-709,639

(Cl. -2l8--32) 14 Claims.

This invention has general reference-to beaming apparatus such as used in the textile arts and, more particularly, relates to the species there-oi commonly known as beam warpers; the primary object being to providea novel form of manually-controlled and similarly-operated :dofiing means whereby the beam, when full of yarn, is easily lowered to floor-level for removal, and correspondingly raised when replaced by :an empty beam.

Another object of this invention is to provide a doting-means of the form above indicated including refinements, whereby the beam is adjustably mounted and accurately positioned in the beam warper with positive assurance of maintainingits correct position during the warning operation.

.A further object is to provide a novelme'ans whereby the beam is detachably .journal'ed intermediate the spaced ends of a rotativeand a nonrotative shaft means with positive assurance that all of such parts are held indirect coaxial align ment.

Astill further object of this invention is to provide a cloning-means of the type above mentioned including means whereby the beam :issecurely restrained against vertical or other displacement when in active Warping position, or when lowered to d'ofiing location.

With the above" stated fundamental objects in view and others with ancillary advantages which will be later on referred to or become apparent; to those-skilled in the art, upon an understanding of the construction, combination and-arrangementoi means hereinafter disclosed; but it will also be appreciated said means are susceptible of modification or change from the specific embodiment, typically illustrated by the accompanying drawings, and more particularly defined in the concluding claim.

in the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a tricot beamwarper embodying the improvements of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same as viewed looking from the right toward the left-hand. of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan section taken approximately .as indicated by the angled-arrows III-II-Iin Fig. '1, with other parts broken out and also in section for a clearer understanding of important details. Fig. 4 is'a vertical section through one of the spaced side columns, hereinafter fully explained, with the beam and associated driving-shaft in the lower, or dofling, position; and,

Fig. 5., ii's'a verticalsection, to the preoedingbnt showingthe beam and driving-shaft elevated, or in the active warping location.

In describing the form of this invention exemplified by thezdrawing-s" herewith, specific terms will' beemployed for the sake of clarity, but it is to :be understood the scope of said .invention is not therebyxlimited; each such term being intended to embrace all reasonable equivalents which-"perform the same function for an analagous purpose.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the referencecharacter B comprehensively designates a *tricot beam-Warner embodying the improvements of invention; said 'warper including a reed 1, through which the warps of vvarns-not indicated-are drawn from the tensioning means a. ioripassageover the cross-over roll- 9, and down from thetatter to the beam Hl nponwhich they are-collected and wound, in accordance with known practice. The tricot beam-warper 6 comprises 1 spaced columns H preferably, although not-essentially, of. substantially channel formation,=and:one"of winch embodies, or has attached thereto, a r-earwardly projecting housing ['2 near the lower :part thereof, for a purpose later on explained-while it is to be particularly observed that the torward or frontal edges of the column side walls are appropriately enlarged at It and shaped to define outwardly-directed bevel-edged lateral flanges 15, which afiord directly vertical guidance for individually-associated driving head right-and-left hand assembly-carriers or slides 45,. H respectively. Each slide l6, i1 is provided with inner and outer runners or guides 18, I9 conveniently, although not essentially, attached thereto by suitable securing means 1 :20; whereas rect'ang-ularlyestepped parts 2! of the outer guides to are :fitted with triangular-section inserts 22 for-sliding coaction with the bevel-edged flanges 45, above referred to, vand such inserts are arranged to be rigidly clamped against the flanges 1-5 by. aid of hand-screws 23 in an obvious manner and for a purpose later on hereinafter explained; it being understood that the inserts 22 are restrained againstlengthwise displacement by fillet abutments 24 in the guides [9, see Fig. 2, to best advantage. Preferably the respective spaced columns -l l are braced at their front open portions by appropriate upper and lower cross-webs 25, 26, respectively.

'Referringnow first to the right-hand slide l6, for example only, which carries-or supports a driving-head for the improved beaming apparatus 8, such sl-icle being preferablyof rectangular contour, as best appreciated from Fig. l, with a correspondingly shaped aperture 21 therethrough; while said slide l6 affords support for a drop-bracket or hanger 28, of channel formation, at its rear as well as spaced bearings 29 at the front thereof. There bearings 29 are conveniently attached in the desired position by securing means 30 and jointly afford rotary support for a drive-shaft 3| and, to the inner end whereof is applied as by key means 32, a movable driving-chuck 33. This driving-chuck 33 is under control of a manually-operable shifter 34, see Fig. 1, which is fulcrumed at 35 to a suitable bracket 36, attached to or forming a part of the slide l6, whereas said chuck is preferably of the cupped type; that is to say it includes a hollow section 31 provided with interior teeth 38,for cooperative engagement with a corresponding gear 39 made fast to the confronting end-of the beam spindle 40, in an obvious manner.

The beam-spindle 40 is preferably tubular for reception, at its end remote from the gear 39, of the reduced end 4| of the non-rotative tailstockshaft 42, which is suitably supported in special bearings 43, 44 conveniently made fast to the slide ll of the left-hand column H by attaching means 45, for instance. Particular attention is directed, at this juncture to the fact that the shaft 42 is enlarged or shouldered at 46 adjoining the reduced end 4|, for a reason later on herein explained. It is also to be noted that the bearing 43 embodies vertically spaced lugs 41 between which are fulcrumed, by a pivot element 48, a hand-lever 49 having a fragmentary gear portion 50, at its inner end, for meshing engagement with a toothed rack or key inset in the tailstock-shaft 42, whereby the latter is restrained against rotation but is capable of predetermined longitudinal movement in either direction as later on again referred to; stops 52, 53 on the spaced lugs 41 restrict such movements by coaction with a projection 54, see Fig. 1, on the hand-lever 49.

Turning now to the bearing 44-, the same somewhat conforms to the bearing 43, just above described, in that it is of similar size and general contour while being secured to the tailstock slide IT, by like attaching means 45. On the other hand the bearing 44 is provided with a hollow projection 55 in which is fulcrumed, by a; pivot element 56, a hand-lever 51 embodying a cam-portion 58 excentrically related to said pivot element and whereby the tailstock-shaft 42 is locked in the active position, again referred to herein, while 59 indicates a movement limiting stop for a purpose later on explained. 7

A suitable housing or cover 60 for the rectangular aperture 21 in the carrier-slide l6, intermediate the spaced bearings 29, is conveniently attached to the carrier-slide l5 by screw-studs 6|.

Surmounting and rigidly-connecting the columns II is an appropriate frame member 62 affording rigid support not only for the bearings 63, of the cross-over roll 9, but also gear-housings 64 through which are journaled a transversedoffing-control shaft 65; such shaft having keyed to each end thereof a hand-wheel 66 whereby said shaft 65 may be rotated in either'direction, as hereafter further amplified. Also keyed on the shaft 65 within the respective housings 64 is a sprocket-gear 61; and on a stub-shaft 68 secured across each said housing 64 is a spacedly related and vertically-adjustable idler sprocket gear 69; while over bothof the associated gears 61, 69 there is trained a chain having one end attached medially to the respectively associated tional or other beam Ii] is rotatable to collect or wind the yarn or yarnsnot indicatedthereon, the same preferably comprises a multi-groove drive-pulley l3 keyed at IL-Fig. 3on the driveshaft 3|, a pair of spaced similarly-grooved idlerpulleys l5, 16 on stub-shafts TI across the hanger 28 of the right-hand column II, for example; as well as an upper correspondingly-grooved vertically-adjustable idler-pulley or sheave 18 on a transverse shaft 19 across said column, and a similar lower driver-pulley B5 on a transverse counter-shaft 8|, also in such column. These pulleys 13, I5, 16, 18 and preferably have trained thereabout endless V-belts 82; the sinuous course of which may be briefly as follows: outwardly and downward about the drive-pulley 13 carried by the bearings 29 then upwardly and over the idler-pulley 16, from which it goes-down under the lower driver-pulley 80 on the countershaft 8| across the column ll, thence up and over the vertically-adjustable idler-pulley or sheave 18 on the shaft 19; and from the latter down to and partially about the idler-pulley 15 to the first mentioned driver-pulley 13, as clearly understandable from the associated arrows in Fig. 5, whereby the beam ll] is rotated to wind-up yarn or yarns thereon.

Power is appropriately, although not essentially, imparted to the transverse lower countershaft 8| through the medium of multi-groove pulley 83 fast on said shaft, with associated V-belting 84 also trained about a correspondingly grooved driver 85 secured on the power-shaft 86 of an electric motor 81; said driver 85 and V-belting 84 being enclosed by the housing or guard |2 at the lower back portion of the column I l, which is provided with an opening 88 for free passage of such belting, in an obvious manner. 89, Fig. 1, indicates a conventional presser roll for coaction with beam L0, and 90 in said figure designates positioning guide rails for entry by the beam end flanges 9| to facilitate insertion and removal of the beam ID, in the warper 6, as hereinafter set forth.

Before proceeding to explain the functioning of the various instrumentalities and structural devices described, it is to be noted that the warper 6 is operative regardless of the elevation of the beam ID, by simply starting the motor 81, and vice versa. Assuming now, that the beam Ill be in the active position of Fig. 5, with the handscrews 23 tightened-up it will be readily understood that when the motor 85 is activated said beam can be rotated, through the belt drives 82 and 84, until it has collected the desired amount of arn thereon ready for dofilng whereupon said motor is stopped. The operator now simply releases or retracts the hand-screws 23 and turns the most convenient hand-wheel 66 counterclockwise, whereb the associated sprockets 51 are correspondingly rotated under conjoint and uniform movement'of the chains 10 with descent of the respective headstock and tailstock carrierslides l 6,'=l I ,-and the opposingipull of theeounterhalancirrgwveights Jl whereby the. loaded beam in! is and smoothly lowered until alts send 'l-lmgessml in ithe Y guide-mails amat floorlevel. 'Ehemperator new swings the hand l-ever ea; the iposition fzshowninTj'gJ-3, until engages the zliniitstop 59--=with resultant release of ithe cam portion: f-rom locking-or glamcoaction with the tazilstock-shart d-il;whereupon t-he hand-lever 43 'is 'similair-lyiswungrun-til the pregiection 54 thereoi-abuts the-ilimit stop 53 with resultant "movement outwards of the aailstockshaitt m gmder coac'tion of the toothed pants 531, Fmxanmlav-ious manner, to thereby release the strsil'trzreduoed end WI fitrom engagement 1 in the :bore ime beam-spmdle-M. i The operatornow swimgsith'e shifter 3'4 on its ifulcrum teemove the mivingmhuck r33 me'shin'g coalition lot the parts 31, 38, whereby the heam ilflf becomes :fnlly released from :the -warper 6,:and can be readily lienrovedln accordance-with knownpra-cfinrn'eplacement tby: an empty one. filin-ipla'cmgaancem'pty abeam .111 :in the Warner-i6, see "Figs. 33 rand--emcee/particularity, the procedure l reversed that is to say said empty bemn is. initially placed with its flanges 9! sin thetgnider irails'tw whereby Lit is: .eentr-alized with respect to the comments of athe' head :and *tailstock .sha'ftslfill and A2 whereupon the drivingol'mck-isimovedsinto the iml-fline positiomof Fig. 1, for intermeshing of the parts 33,139: it being readily understood rthatthe beam [0 :can "be easily jogged; iaronndcin' ithe .guide ra -151391] in the-:eyent. :saidal-partsxfiagzali lbe slightly tout rotf alignment itor ;s-liding vinterengagiement. lilihe pperatorznextzmoves the ihandelever dll ifrom contact with the stoipi-f53.mto abutment with the step xiii-with incidental progression 'ofuthe tailstockeshaft #2 inwards and :entry of its reduced and 4-1 lnto'the -"bore ofcthe beam-spindle 41 with ab'ulmmnt ofizhesenlaa'gement '46 againstthe outer tamer-of the:confrontin ;'i'ilange 56'; whereupon the lsanslsleveri'l iisswung to the full-line position of Fig. 3 with incidental cam-locking of the-shaft dzagainstmovement ineither direction, as aforesaid. The operator now turns either of the hand-wheels 6-6 in the proper direction to reelevate the :head and atailstock carrier-slidesl5, H by aid of the chains 10, to the position of Fig. 5, for example, readyfor collecting or being filled with yarn-when the motor'fi'l is're-started, as will hewvell understood bythose conversantzwith theart.

From theforegoing disclosure the meritsand efiiciency of the apparatus disclosed hereinbeiore willbe (clearly understood but it is-desiredin conclusion to stress certain features of prime importance. Firstly by turning either of the handwheelsifit in 'the proper'direction the operator causes ,the associated sprocket wheels 61 .to correspondingly turn and thereby permit the headstock and tailstook carrier slides l6, l1, that are attached to the chains 1.5,.teloe lowered arraised in-mn'ison, while the hand-screws 23 securely clamp said slides elevated in position for the active or beaming operation, as well as when lowered for the purpose of dofiing. Furthermore by seating the housings 64 for the sprockets 6T, 59 on top of the hollow columns H, and since the sprockets 61 are keyed on the doling controlshaft 65, the carrier-slides 16, I1, with the associated parts, will always be kept in perfect alignment both when said slides are moved up or down.

Finally, while there has been disclosed one prac'tical 'embodimentiof this invention, it is to lee understoed that changes -and wariations will #be-appa rerit to those:sktlledxinithe art in adapting novel fldofllng mechanism 1 differing types and iorms of ibeaming apparatus; and wall such ohangesandwariations-are hereby contemplated asmayk'be irremdable within the termszand zscope of the :fiollowing ecla'ims.

-Hazvimg thus :desoribed 'myrinvention, :I claim:

icnofling means {for beaming: apparatus oomprising spaced supports; counterbalanced :car riei's ier rotatively sustaining ia, beam, .rgui'd'ed filil'GC-fily nautical by :said supports,x-arrd:movable to iilace tth'e beam sin yarn receiving position; donmoving the :sbeaminto dOfiiIIg location and tor' nre turning the carriers to :the position aioresaid,= after :mounting .an empty ibeam them- 011; an'dmeans for restraining -:said..-carriers against displacement when in active Warping positionoriwhen located i-toi dofiing the beam.

2. 'Domng'=means tor beaming-apparatus comprising spaolell-:c'olumns; counterbalanced carrier heads for rotaltively sustaining .-a -=beam, guided directly -ver tical :said co'lumns' to :place :the beam "Lin yarn receiving :position; manually .aoperable means or simultaneously lowering ithe beam carrier heads :in'to .doiiing location, :and' for. :reelevating the sameto the position :aforesa'id after p acing an'empty beam lth'erebetween'; .andsmeans for securing; the ucarrier heads-against s'displa'ceenent in the azactive warping position or when lowered for doiiing the beam.

Boiling means for ibeaming apparatus comprising spaced ihol-low olumns; counterbalanced headstock and itailstock assemblages :Jgui'ded dirently "verti'calby rand slidableialong columns axially :allgIremrrreans, sustained: by :the respective headstock and tailstock assemblages, for mhe i11- temening rotatiwei-support. ofsa beam :in'yarn reoeivingaiposition';:manually operable means for concurrently *lowering .the :iassemblages aforesaid with placement of rthe 'beam Fin :dofiing location, and $01. Ie-ielewatlng'tsuchanssemblages after insertion vo'fi an :empty' vbeam therebetween; .and means for securing the respectiveassembl-agesin dither warping "position -:or :dofingulocation.

.4.:.Doflin;gxmeans for'heam ng apparatus room- .prising spaced-hollow columns; counterbalanced headstoc karand tailstook assemblages :guided' dirently eventicalrhy and szslida ble along saideel- ;axially :aligrredrrneans sustained by the respective headstock ,ancl tailstock assemblages for :the intervening rotative support ofsabeam in exam :medeiving .sposition'; ':manually operable meansz'for' concurrently-lowering :the. assemblages adoresazirl with'placementt-of thebeam -in dofiing location, and :f-orreeelevating such assemblages afiter insert-ion 0f Jan-empty beam rtherebetween; means :torzrigidly clamping the individual assemblages rill either Warping positienpr doifing 1ocation; nndtmeanszwhereby one oftherassemblages is operated to concumferrtly rotateithesbeam wh'en inwarpmggposition.

zdcifiofiing means foribeami-n'g apparatus comprising spaced and vertically-slotted hollow columns; counterbalanced head-and-tailstock assemblages guided by and movable along the slots in said columns; axially aligned rotative and nonrotative shafts individually sustained by the respective assemblages for the intervening removable support of a beam in yarn-receiving position; manually actuable mechanism for concurrently lowering the tailstock assemblages for placement of the beam in doffing location, and for re-elevating such assemblages after insertion of an empty beam concentrically aligned between the rotative and non-rotative sh'afts; individual means manually operative to effect securement of therespective assemblages against displacement in either warping position or when in domng location; means operatively coordinating the headstock assemblage with a, source of power to effect rotation of the beam when in warping position; and means for axially centralizing an empty beam alignedly between the rotative and non-rotative shafts for coupler-connection to the former and relatively revolvable support by the latter.

6. The invention of claim 5 wherein the respective columns are of approximately channel formation with the free edges enlarged and shaped to define bevel-edged lateral flanges; and wherein one of said columns embodies an outwardly-projecting housing, for the respective purposes specified.

'7. The invention of claim 5 wherein the headstock assemblage comprises a carrier element having vertical side portions suitably shaped for sli-dable coaction with the column slot edges;

wherein laterally spaced bearings on said element afford rotative support for a drive-shaft; wherein a clutch-chuck is slidably mounted on, the inner end of said shaft; and wherein a shifter is fulcrumed to the carrier element with provisions for coaction with the chuck to move the latter into and out of active engagement with the confronting end of the beam spindle, for the purpose specified.

8. The invention of claim 5 wherein the tailstock assemblages comprise a carrier element slidably engageable with the associated column vertical-slot side edges; wherein laterally spaced bearings on said element afford non-rotative support for a shaft; wherein one of said spaced bearings includes a pivotal hand-lever having a gear portion at its inner end; wherein a toothed key, inset into the shaft aforesaid, is in mesh with the hand-lever geared end; and wherein means limit movement of said hand-lever to effect reciprocation of the shaft in either direction, for the purposes specified.

9. .The invention of claim 5 wherein the tailstock assemblage comprises a carrier element slidably engageable with the associated column vertical slot side edges; wherein laterally spaced bearings on said element afford non-rotative support for a shaft; wherein one of said spaced bearings includes a pivotal hand-lever having a gear portion at its inner end; wherein atoothed key inset into the shaft aforesaid is in mesh with the hand-lever geared end; wherein means limit movement of said hand-lever in either direction; wherein the other of the spaced bearings. includes a pivotal hand-lever embodying an eccentrically related cam portion lockingly coactive with the non-rotative shaft; and wherein stop means limit movement of the last mentioned hand-lever in one direction, for the purpose specified.

10. The invention of claim 5 wherein the'headand tailstock assemblage counterbalancing means comprise individually connectedsuspension chainstrained over spaced sprockets at the top of the respective hollow columns; wherein the relatively inner flight portions of said chains are within the columns and have counterweights attached to the free ends thereof; wherein a common operating shaft is keyed through an aligned pair of spaced sprockets; and wherein hand wheels are fixed to the respective ends of said shaft, for the purpose specified.

11; The invention of claim 5 wherein the means effective to secure the head-and-tailstock assemblages against displacement in the warping position or doffing. location comprise a grooved guide element in each said assemblage; wherein a triangular section bar is inset in said guide element; and wherein screw means engage said bar to force the latter into jamming engagement with the confronting side wall edge of the associated column.

12. The invention of claim 5 wherein the means operatively coordinating the headstock assemblage with a source of power to rotate the beam comprise a multi-grooved pulley fast on the drive-shaft portion of said beam; wherein a multiplicity of similar idler and a driver pulley are journaled within the headstock associated column; wherein endless V-belts are trained about the pulleys aforesaid; and wherein the last mentioned or driver-pulley is correspondingly and directly coordinated to the power shaft of a suitable motor.

13. The invention -of claim 5 wherein the means for'axially centralizing an empty beam between the rotative and non-rotative head-andtailstock shafts consist of suitable guide rail stops perpendicularly below the axis of rotation of said beam when in warping position.

14. The invention of claim 5 wherein the beam spindle is of tubular form with a gear section at one end for clutch engagement by the headstock rotative shaft; and wherein the other end of said spindle receives the reduced confronting end portion of the tailstock non-rotative shaft.

THOMAS F. SUGGS.

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